Call it the coolest job ever: blogger Will Kearney and his Rhodesian Ridgeback Mr. Eko are traveling the country for Purina’sPetcentric.com blog Marking Our Territory. They stopped over in Austin during SXSW and awarded the following places with their ... »
In an unusually bloody day, three violent deaths occurred today in Austin. An early morning stabbing in North Austin took Austin’s murder count to five for 2012. Then, a nighttime shooting in East Austin elevated the count to six. A body found about 1:... »
Austin police are reporting that a fatal shooting occurred on East 13th Street this evening near Chicon Street. Two other deaths were already reported earlier today as being under police investigation — one on East 51st Street early this morning and a ... »
On Sunday March 4, 2012, there will be thousands of brightly colored kites, many homemade, flying the skies over Zilker Park. That is if the wind cooperates! This will be the 84th annual Zilker Kite Festival, the longest running kite festival in the... »
If the kids are whining, “I’m bored,” they have no excuse this weekend. It’s jam-packed with fun things to do. On Saturday: Explore UT and find more than 400 free activities at the University of Texas. About 50,000 people are expected to attend the eve... »
The Texas Longhorns 2012 football schedule was released today by the Big 12, and besides the absence of the once-annual Texas-Texas A&M game, there is another slight eyebrow-raiser. The Longhorns head to Dallas on October 13 for the Red River Rivalry g... »
Austinites love their parks no matter the type….. from the shores of Lady Bird Lake with Stevie Ray Vaughn overseeing to Red Bud Island and other dog parks where dogs off leash rule, to the [...] »
Paul Carrozza, the owner of Austin's RunTex, has signed a contract to help the city revive the Trail of Lights, a holiday tradition in Zilker Park, YNN reports. Carrozza plans to raise nearly $500,000 to help fund the trail, which could cost more than ... »
